Together with other students from your class, identify a small, local company that does e-business and whose owner or manager is willing to talk with you about its operations. With your professor's approval, meet with the company manager and explain to him or her that you are studying fraud examination and would like to discuss the company's vulnerability to fraud Follow the following steps to proactive fraud examination:

1 . Endeavor to understand the business or operation of the organization.

2. Identify what frauds can occur in the operation.

3 . Determine the symptoms that the most likely frauds would generate.

4. Propose several queries that might identify those symptoms.

5. Propose methods to follow up on any revelations of those symptoms.

The interview with the owner or manager should only last 30 to 40 minutes and should cover Steps 1, 2, and 3.  After the interview, brainstorm Steps 4 and 5 as a group. Write a 500 word essay that includes your responses to each step. Before the interview, offer to submit a copy of the completed essay to the owner or manager.